A 314-page government report named him for criminal prosecution. International broadcasters documented his victims. And then Parliament’s Health Committee secretariat, helmed by clerk Adan Sora Gindicha, produced a report that cleared him. Someone needs to explain why.
“If it means us revoking that citizenship because your citizenship is not by birth, we will revoke the citizenship. We will cross your hospitals and we will deport you,” he stated directly.
While other hospitals charged an average of Sh990,743 per procedure, Mediheal’s mean bill was Sh2,313,324—a staggering 133 percent premium that investigators say “suggests potential billing irregularities.”
Since committee chairman James Nyikal opened the inquiry on April 22 with a 90-day deadline, the investigation has ground to a virtual halt.
The investigation uncovered evidence of what appears to be a transnational organ trafficking network with tentacles reaching across continents.
The development has cast a shadow over the independent committee’s public hearings in Uasin Gishu County, where several potential witnesses have refused to testify openly, alleging they face pressure to withdraw their evidence.
According to testimony, foreign recipients paid up to Sh30 million for kidney transplants, while Kenyan donors were promised amounts ranging from Sh500,000 to Sh1.2 million – money many never fully received.
An investigation has uncovered a disturbing organ trafficking operation where vulnerable Kenyans were manipulated into selling their kidneys for as little as Sh130,000 ($1,000) and a motorcycle, while middlemen reaped profits of up to Sh29.5 million (€200,000) per organ. According to documentation from the Kenya Renal Association (KRA), this illegal trade flourished for years with […]
The investigation has also revealed that most kidney donors came from Mountain, Northern and Rift regions, with people having names with Mt. Kenya backgrounds being the most frequent donors.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has formally taken over the probe into the alleged human organ trafficking at Mediheal Hospital. In a statement on Tuesday, the DCI said its Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) will lead the investigation to harmonize reports from different police stations across the North Rift region. While the number of […]
Mediheal Organ Trafficking Scandal – In a shocking revelation, a whistleblower has exposed a high-level cover-up by Kenya’s Ministry of Health in a report probing alleged illegal kidney transplants at the Eldoret-based Mediheal Hospital. At the heart of this scandal lies Dr. S. R. Mishra, a politician and the owner of Mediheal Group of Hospitals, […]
